Machine for weaving cross-wires in fences.



No. 683,685. Patented Oct. I, 190i. E. EGGLESTDN. MACHINE FOB WEAVINGGROSS WIRES IN FENCES.

(4pp1ication filed m. 20, 1900.

(No Modal.)

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MACHINE FOR WEAVING CROSS=WIRES IN FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,68 5, dated October1, 1901. Application filed March 26,1900. Serial No. 10,238. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE EGGLESTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Derby, in the county of Pickaway and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for WeavingCross- Wires in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

. The primary object of this invention is to provide a machine in whichthe work of putting on the vertical cross-wires is facilitated and inthe use of which the machine and the wire shall not be unduly strainedwhen the machine is drawn away from the fence to pay off the spool orcross-wire to make the span to the next strand-wire.

The invention resides in the parts and combination of parts pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating an embodiment of myinvention, Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a wire fence, showing mymachine in position for wearing or twisting on a cross-wire. Fig. 2 is aperspective View of a fraction of the shifting frame. Fig. 3 is a topplan view of the machine on a larger scale than that employed in Fig. 1,the master-wheel being in section and a portion of the frame beingbroken out. Fig. at is a perspective View of the slide or block thatmoves in the shifting frame, and Fig. 5 is an end view of thetwisting-tube and the pinion or gear thereon that meshes with themasterwheel.

The shifting frame 1 is shown to be constructed of two parallelangle-bars 2, connected by bolts 3. The outwardly-projecting webs 3 ofthe angle-bars 2 are each made with notches or recesses 4, arranged atintervals, to engage the horizontal strands 5 of the fence. When theshifting frame has been placed on the fence, it is there retained, butso as to be slidable horizontally, by a rod 6, passed through eyes orstaples 7 beyond the inner ends of the notches at. The slide 8 is shownto have grooved or recessed edges 8" to fit upon the wings or webs 3 ofthe bars 2. Hinged or pivoted, as indicated at 9, to this slide 8 is oneend of an arm 9, while the other end of said arm is in like mannerhinged or pivotally connected, as indicated at 10, to the extremities ofyoke-arms 11, that are rigidly secured to or formed with the lateralextension 12 of the main weaver-frame 12. The purpose of this doublehinge connection between the slide and the frame carrying the twistingapparatus is to permit that apparatus to be turned while thetwister-head is still on the strandwire, so that it shall stand at orapproximately at right angles to that wire, and therefore allow thedrawing of the wire in a more nearly direct line out of the twister-headwhen the machine is pulled off the strand-wire. This direct passage ofthe wire from the twister-head prevents to a large extent the bending ofthe wire around the pin 22 in the twister-head, as would be the casewere there no hinge at 10, and therefore avoids injury to the wire andmakes the pull easier. The arm 9, as well as other parts of the machine,can obviously be made in a single piece or of two or more pieces joinedtogether and of various sh apes. The extension 12 of the weaver-framealso has the bearing or boxing 13 for the weaver-tube. The arms or bars11 are formed with stop lugs or projections 15, that are adapted toengage the arm 9 or a lug 16 thereon when the machine is swung outwardlyfrom the fence to limit the movement of the machine with respect to thearm 9.

The weaver-tube 18 has on its inner end a flange 19, and said tube isjournaled in the bearing or boxing 13. The other end of this weaver-tubeprotrudes through the outer end of the boxing or bearing and has keyedor fastened to it the pinion 20, that is engaged by the master-wheel 24.The pinion 20, the weaver-tube boxing or bearing, the weavertubeitself,'and its flange 19 are all made with a radial opening, asindicated at 17 and 21 in Fig. 5. A clip 22, open at one side and formedwith flaring guiding-lips, is secured on the projecting end of theweaver-tube bya pin 22, that passes through both the clip and theweaver-tube. The flange 19 and the pin 22 keep both the weaver-tube andthe gear 20 in place. The flange is furnished with a pin 28 to receive aspool 0r coil of wire 29. (See Fig. 1.) The end of the frame 12 oppositethat containing the boxing or bearing 13 is furnished with a handle 12*.A stud or pin 23 on the frame 12 supports the toothed master-wheel 24,that engages the pinion 20, as before stated. This master-wheel isprovided with a crank-handle 25, by which the master-wheel is turned.The diameter of the master-wheel is preferably, approximately, threetimes that of the pinion 20, so that one revolution of the master-wheelworks three revolutions of the pinion, and hence makes three coils ofthe cross-wire. The rim of the wheel 24: is made with a recess to beengaged by the end 26 of a lever 27, fulcrumed on the handle 12". Thelever 27 has a spring to automatically depress into and normally holdthe pin or end 26 in the said recess. This recess is so located thatwhen the end 26 engages it the openings 17 and 21 coincide.

In practice the free end of the wire from the coil 29 is threadedthrough the opening between the pin 22 and the closed side of the tube18, (see Fig. 5,) and after securing this free end to the firststrand-wire the Wire is paid off until the next one is reached and theweaver or twister can be placed on it. The machine is then swung so asto bring the master-wheel in a plane parallel to the plane of thestrand-wires or so that the strand-wire in the twister-tube shall standparallel to the axis of said tube, when upon rotating the master-wheelthe cross-wire will be twisted or coiled about the strand-wire. The pin22 affords the necessary purchase for the coiling of the wire about thestrand-wire. The coil may be either right-hand or left-hand, accordingto the direction in which the masterwheel is turned, it beingpracticable to turn the master-wheel in either direction. Three coilingsof the cross-wire around any strand are usually sufficient. When onerevolution of the master-wheel has been made, the machine is turnedoutward on the pivot or hinge 10 until the stop 15 abuts against the arm9 or the stop 16 thereon. This stop is preferably so placed as to limitthe outward turning of the machine when it reaches a positionsubstantially at right angles to the strandwire, in which position themachine can be most easily drawn out to pay 01f wire from the coil orspool. When the machine is so drawn out, it will be observed that itswings on the hinge connecting the arm 9 with the slide 8. The wire maybe paid out as far as desired within the limit permitted by the arm 9,and this is abundant to enable the machine to be moved to and placedupon the next strand- Wire. If the space between the strand-Wiresvaries, (and it usuallydoes,) practice enables the operator tocorrectlyjudge the proper eX- tent of the outward swinging of themachine.

The advantage of doubly hinging the twisting apparatus to the slide orcarriage 8, it will be gathered, resides in the fact that the wire fromthe spool or bobbin is not pulled around the pin 22, thereby avoidinggreat friction and injury to the wire incident to machines as heretoforeplaced upon the market. In my machine the wire is pulled directlythrough the cavity of the twisting-tube or in a direction practicallyparallel to the axis of that tube.

I do not limit myself to the precise form of the parts shown, as somemodifications can obviously be made Without departing from the scope ofthe invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A machine for twisting cross-wires onto strand-wires of fences,comprising a weaverframe, a slotted-tube boxing or casing and a handleportion thereon, a slotted weaver-tube journaled in said casing, awire-carrying pin projecting as described from the tube,aslotted pinionon said tube, a geanwheel journaled on said weaver-frame and gearingwith said pinion, the gear-wheel having a handle projection, yoke-armshaving corresponding ends connected with said weaver-frame and extendingon opposite sides of said pinion, a blockhaving a sliding support, andmeans jointedly connected at one end with the block and at the other endwith the yoke-arn1s.

2. In a machine for twisting cross-wires onto strand-wires,thecombination of a frame, a twisting device therein through which the wireis passed to be twisted, and means for operating the same, a slide orcarriage, and a double hinge connection between the frame and thecarriage, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for twisting cross-wires onto strand-wires, thecombination of a frame, a twisting device therein through which the wireis passed to be twisted, and means for operating the same, a slide orcarriage, means connecting the slide and frame, said means beinghingedly connected both to the slide and to the frame, and a stop forlimiting the movement of the frame on the means for connecting the slideand the frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE EGGLESTON.

Witnesses:

M. U. RIOKETTS, GEO. M. FINCKEL.

